ACCOUNT 



or a 



VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN. 



In the year 1806, being at the University of 

 Edinburgh, an advertisement was put on the Col- 

 lege Gate, by Messrs. P. and C. Wood, merchants, 

 Leith, intimating that a surgeon was wanted for 

 the ship Resolution of Whitby, Yorkshire, engaged 

 in the North Sea whale-fishery. 



Impelled by curiosity, and by a still more power- 

 ful motive, to visit the snow-clad coast of Spitzber- 

 gen, I applied ; and was, after due examination, 

 admitted surgeon for the voyage. 



Nothing particular occurred on my journey from 

 this to Whitby, where I arrived on Sunday the 16th 

 of March, and was, in every respect, comfortably 

 accommodated at the house of the Captain. 



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